Re:The plateauing of cognitive ability among top earners
by WalterBright on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:46AM
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Usually I preface comments of mine on this topic with "legally consenting adults with a reasonably sound mind and body."
Re:The plateauing of cognitive ability among top earners
by SamoyedFurFluff on Sunday February 05, 2023 @07:01AM
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Then you’re already applying luck there.
Re:The plateauing of cognitive ability among top earners
by pclmulqdq on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:03PM
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Isn't this kind of a motte and Bailey fallacy, though? You mention disabled people (a population of millions in the world) as your example of luck, but use it to justify the idea that you have to be born in a stable country with resources (arguably disadvantaging almost all of the world's population except for a billion or so).
Those are not even remotely comparable conditions.
Re:The plateauing of cognitive ability among top earners
by actually_a_dog on Sunday February 05, 2023 @05:03PM
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No, they’re saying that someone who’s disabled isn’t allowed to even try and overcome the condition of being born in the “wrong” country.
Re:The plateauing of cognitive ability among top earners
by SamoyedFurFluff on Monday February 06, 2023 @12:12PM
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Correct. You can’t just move countries when you’re disabled lol
Re:The plateauing of cognitive ability among top earners
by actually_a_dog on Sunday February 05, 2023 @05:02PM
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Not to mention judging who’s “worthy” to contribute to society, along with the old racist dog whistle of “personal responsibility.”
And before you call this defeatism: actually pushing harder than is realistic usually makes disability much worse! It’s instead important to realistically understand what’s available to you and frankly speak upon factors beyond your control. Otherwise people end up despairing and killings themselves way more, because they keep setting up expectations and blaming themselves when their circumstances prevent them from doing things they used to do before their disability.